Security Information / 2016 / Security Information -- DSA-3475-1 postgresql-9.1

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-3475-1 postgresql-9.1 -- security update

Date Reported:

13 Feb 2016

Affected Packages:

postgresql-9.1

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2015-5288, CVE-2016-0766, CVE-2016-0773.

More information:

Several vulnerabilities have been found in PostgreSQL-9.1, a SQL database system.

• CVE-2015-5288

  Josh Kupershmidt discovered a vulnerability in the crypt() function in the pgCrypto extension. Certain invalid salt arguments can cause the server to crash or to disclose a few bytes of server memory.

• CVE-2016-0766

  A privilege escalation vulnerability for users of PL/Java was discovered. Certain custom configuration settings (GUCs) for PL/Java will now be modifiable only by the database superuser to mitigate this issue.

• CVE-2016-0773

  Tom Lane and Greg Stark discovered a flaw in the way PostgreSQL processes specially crafted regular expressions. Very large character ranges in bracket expressions could cause infinite loops or memory overwrites. A remote attacker can exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service or, potentially, to execute arbitrary code.

For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 9.1.20-0+deb7u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your postgresql-9.1 packages.